Baseball

King Places Three on All-Conference Team

Apr 26, 2012

BRISTOL, Tenn. – King College had three
members of the baseball team represented on the 2012 Conference
Carolinas All-Conference Team. The league announced its postseason
awards Thursday night, prior to the start of its scheduled 7 p.m.
game. Tyler
Gaby, Cory Rhodes,
and Stephen
Mullins were all named to the All-Conference Second Team.

Cory
Rhodes, a sophomore from Kissimmee, Fla., served as the
Tornado's No. 2 starter and finished the regular season 8-2 in 12
starts and possessed a 3.11 earned run average on the season. He
struck out a career-high 10 batters twice during the year, both in
conference play. He threw six complete games and struck out a total
of 69 batters while walking only 26 over 84.1 innings of work. He
was named Conference Carolinas Pitcher of the Week on April 3.

Tyler Gaby, a sophomore from Bluff City, Tenn., has batted north
of .350 through all but two games all season for King. He has
primarily manned left field and has been a consistent at the top of
the lineup for the Tornado. From March 31 on, he watched an
already-impressive batting average rise 36 points before the
conclusion of the regular season. He finished hitting a
team-best .377 while also leading the team in triples (8) and
extra-base hits (19).

Stephen Mullins impressed many with his play in his first season
with the Tornado. The freshman from Bluff City, Tenn., came on and
won the starting third base job by mid-March, solidifying his
position with a 4-for-4 day against St. Andrews where he hit two
doubles and scored twice. From that point, he has had seven
multi-hit games and made only one error in the field since playing
full time. Mullins had a nine-game hit streak from March 24 that
was capped off by a three-hit day against Carson-Newman on April 10
with his third game with two doubles. He finished the year hitting
.358 with seven stolen bases, two home runs, and 12 RBI over 24
starts and 26 games played.

The Tornado will continue their run in the Conference Carolinas
Baseball Tournament on Friday evening with a 7 p.m. rematch with
the North Greenville Crusaders at Fleming Stadium at Wilson Tobs
Field. King swept North Greenville earlier this year. The Crusaders
defeated Belmont Abbey

Thursday afternoon, 9-3, to advance. King (No. 4) will serve as
the home team against NGU (No. 5) in Friday's game.A complete list
of the Conference Carolinas postseason award winners is below.